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NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, June 13 (game #1098)

My clues will help you solve the NYT's Connections puzzle today and keep that streak going

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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, June 12 (game #1097).

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #1098) - today's words

NYT Connections today (game #1098) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, June 6 (game #1091)

NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, June 12 (game #1097)

NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, June 7 (game #1092)

PURPLE: Films that share a word rhyming with “gory”

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #1098) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #1098) - the answers

The answers to today's Connections, game #1098, are…

YELLOW: SEEN AT A TEA SERVICE SAUCER, SPOON, TEACUP, TONGS

BLUE: USED IN MOVIE PRACTICAL EFFECTS MAKEUP, MINIATURE, PROSTHETIC, PUPPET

PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "STORY" IN MOVIE TITLES CHRISTMAS, NEVERENDING, TOY, WEST SIDE

It is always a thrill when you get a purple first, but sometimes that thrill is lessened by how easy the connection was.

That was the case for me today, with the four WORDS BEFORE "STORY" IN MOVIE TITLES — but then I am wondering if it is like this quite often for people more used to getting the hardest category before any of the easier ones.

Far more likely is that today was a relaxing day designed to lull us into a false sense of weekend security before dealing out a quartet of impenetrable groups tomorrow.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, June 12, game #1097)

YELLOW: STARTING WITH INCANTATIONS CHARM BRACELET, CURSE WORD, HEX KEY, SPELL CHECKER

GREEN: STARTING WITH ANIMAL GROUP NAMES MURDER MYSTERY, PACK RAT, PRIDE ROCK, SCHOOL DAYS

BLUE: STARTING WITH SYNONYMS FOR "REPEAT" COPY EDITOR, ECHO PARK, MIRROR SELFIE, QUOTE UNQUOTE

PURPLE: STARTING WITH PARTS OF A RIVER BANK TELLER, BED HEAD, DELTA AIRLINES, MOUTH GUARD

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the i Phone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.

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